We've worked with enough operators in Napier-Hastings to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI HR assistant project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Hawke's Bay · Applied AI
Built and supported here – the way a Napier-Hastings business would actually use it.
What AI HR assistant actually does
An AI HR assistant trained on your policies, awards, and the Employment Relations Act. Answers staff questions, drafts contracts, screens applicants, and flags HR risk – without replacing your people lead.
- 01 Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
- 02 Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
- 03 Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
- 04 Flags ER risks before they become disputes
Built on: Claude Employment Hero API BambooHR Vercel
Hawke's Bay
Where Napier-Hastings operators actually lose hours.
- Hawke's Bay runs on horticulture, wine, and tourism – three industries with sharp seasonal peaks AI can flatten.
- From orchard ops to cellar door bookings, AI helps Hawke's Bay businesses staff right, forecast right, and chase fewer no-shows.
We work with teams across Napier-Hastings: Napier CBD · Ahuriri · Taradale · Hastings · Havelock North · Flaxmere.
Talk to us about this →How we build AI HR assistant for a Napier-Hastings team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Napier-Hastings business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI HR and people ops.
Talk to usThe outcome for Napier-Hastings teams
The shape of the result for Napier-Hastings teams: HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back. Built on Claude, hardened with the rest of the stack as it scales.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions
FAQ
What's a typical engagement length for Napier-Hastings businesses?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call – fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Anyone else in this space using AI HR assistant?
Plenty. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month – leaders get their week back. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" – it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default AI HR assistant stack we reach for is Claude, Employment Hero API, BambooHR, Vercel, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run – Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
Skip the pitch.
Tell us the workflow and we'll come back with what we'd build first.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.